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Fauna

Invertebrates

Bladder Cicada (Cystosoma saundersii)

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecular)

Green Long-legged Fly (Austrosciapus connexus)

Mangrove Gerygone (Gerygone levigaster)

Razor  Grinder  Cicada (Henicopsaltria eydouxii) 

Splendid Ochre Butterfly

Transverse Ladybird (Coccinella transversalis)

Ward’s Hairy-legged Crab (Paracleistostoma wardi)

Yellow-striped Hermit Crabs (Clibanarius taeniatus) or Yellow-footed Hermit Crabs (Clibanarius virescens)

For a detailed list of invertebrates found in Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary see attachment below.

MWSSGI – Invertebrate list

For information on how to identify crabs of Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary click here.

Animals

Fawn-footed Melomys (Melomys cervinipes)

Lace Monitor (Varanus varius) 

Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

For a detailed list of vertebrates found in Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary see the attachment below.

MWSSGI – Vertebrates list

Birds

Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis chrysorrhoa)

Mistletoebird

Pale-headed Rosella

Red-browed Finch

Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia)

Shining Flycatchers

The Singing of Birds

A detailed list of bird species identified within the Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary can be found below.

MWSSGI – Avifauna list

See Selection Below

List of all Fauna Here.

Estuarine Slug (Onchidina australis)

Mudskipper

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